Successful pregnancy and birth after intrauterine insemination using caput epididymal sperm by percutaneous aspiration

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-75

  Qiu, Yi ^a   Yang, Dan Tong ^a   Wang, Su Mei ^a   Sun, Hui Qing ^a   Jia, Yi Fang ^a  

^a Shandong Institute for Family Planning   (China)

Author keywords

Caput epididymis; Fertilization; Intrauterine insemination; Obstructive azoospermia; Percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; CARNITINE; FRUCTOSE;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AZOOSPERMIA; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PERCUTANEOUS EPIDIDYMAL SPERM ASPIRATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAS DEFERENS;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0037359265     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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